Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Sabres

24-31-6, 54 PTS

5-6

Final

Lightning

37-21-4, 78 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
BUF	12	8	13	33
TB	7	13	6	26

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen20/26 SV, .769

Andrei Vasilevskiy28/33 SV, .848

Team	1	2	3	T
BUF	3	2	0	5
TB	2	3	1	6

Who won: Lightning 6-5

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning lead the series 1-0. Nick Paul led the Lightning in goals (1). JJ Peterka led the Sabres in goals (1).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach BensonLW	0	1	0	2	10:57	1:05	0:41	9:11	15	0	9	2	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Dylan CozensC	0	1	0	1	16:54	1:01	0:13	15:40	26	0	11	0	1	0	10	9	52.6	1	0	0
Jordan GreenwayLW	1	1	1	1	12:16	0:00	1:53	10:23	20	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	2	0	-1	13:47	0:05	0:00	13:42	20	1	5	0	2	0	3	1	75.0	1	0	0
Jiri KulichC	0	1	1	-1	18:55	3:09	0:00	15:46	26	0	12	0	3	2	2	10	16.7	0	0	0
Sam LaffertyC	1	4	0	-2	12:32	0:06	0:00	12:26	19	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	1	0	-3	9:43	0:00	1:26	8:17	16	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	0	21:38	2:50	2:55	15:53	26	0	14	2	0	1	10	10	50.0	0	0	0
JJ PeterkaRW	0	0	2	-1	21:35	3:12	0:00	18:23	26	1	19	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	4	1	2
Jack QuinnRW	0	0	0	0	2:25	0:00	0:00	2:25	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	2	2	0	0	19:19	3:08	0:00	16:11	25	1	31	0	5	3	3	5	37.5	1	1	2
Alex TuchRW	0	3	1	1	21:00	3:12	2:04	15:44	29	1	24	0	4	0	1	0	100.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD	2	0	0	0	13:55	0:00	1:07	12:48	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bowen ByramD	0	1	0	-2	20:18	1:02	1:06	18:10	30	0	7	0	1	0	2	0	0
Connor CliftonD	0	2	0	-1	15:36	0:00	3:29	12:07	21	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	1	2	23:35	3:23	0:19	19:53	29	1	11	1	5	1	0	2	4
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-3	17:54	0:51	0:00	17:03	25	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	3	3	0	2	25:12	0:00	3:11	22:01	31	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0